Improvement in bit-stocks



States istil GEORGE RICHARDS, OF RICHLAND CENTRE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGN OR T() HIMSELj1 AND DEXTER E. PEASE, OF SALME PLAGE. l

'Letters Patent No. 83,410, dated October 27, 1868.

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The Schedule referred'to inthese Letters Patent and pmt of the same.

Figure l is a sectional side view of my improved bit-stock or brace. l l

Similar letters of 4reference indicate like parts. The object of this invention is to provide a brace or bitstoek, the handle of which is extensible both from the l1t-holder and rest.

This I accomplish, by forming the stock in three separate pieces, andnnitig themin such amanner I, i

that the grasp or handle can be extended at will.

In the accompanying drawings, the handle A is "provided with; hollow sockets, B, within which the Shanks a and b of the holder ively lit with easy contact.

The springs d d are aiiixed ix) the sockets, and pro- 0 and rest D respect- -vided with pills, e e', which pass through the sockets and enter intolholes or the Shanks, as shown, for the purpose of holding the three parts firmly together.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenty rllhe handle A, provided with the sockets B B, to receive -adjustably both the shank b of the rest D and the shank a of the tool-holder G, whereby the leverage of the handle is adjusted equally from the, rest andv tool-holder, as herein shownand described.-

GEORGE' RICHARDS. Witnesses:

v H. A. Essrmim,

M. V. Dns'rm. 

